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Author:   Patrick Webster
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
ISBN:  

9781476680354

ISBN 10:   1476680353
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   30 July 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Introduction 1  1. Dramatis Personae: The Cast and Casting 5  2. A Mosaic of Quotations: Intertextuality in The West Wing 13  3. Historical Fictions: A Parallel Universe 22  4. Death of the Author: Aaron Sorkin as Auteur? 31  5. On a Wing and a Prayer: Bartlet Deconstructs the Old Testament 40  6. Cinematic Television: The ­Mise-en-Scène of The West Wing 49  7. The Signifier and the Signified: Structuralist Readings 54  8. This ""pitiful exercise"": Temporal Rupture in the ""Isaac and Ishmael"" Episode 67  9. Bourgeois Wing: Marxist Readings 78 10. ""The greatest country in the world"": Misconstrued Politics 86 11. ""It's turtles all the way down"": The West Wing and Religion 92 12. Playing in the Dark: Racist Discourses 100 13. Potus Interruptus: Gender and Queer Theory 109 14. Hollywood MS: The Portrayal of Disabilities 121 15. The Politics of Maryland: The Wire and The West Wing 128 16. Nostalgia for the Present: Postmodern Readings 135 17. Cellmates in The Hague: Bartlet Flouts International Law 146 18. The Crackpots and These Women: Misogynist Discourses 152 19. Cultural Differences: Postcolonial Readings 162 20. ""Education is the silver bullet"": Pedagogy in The West Wing 169 21. A Valentine to Washington: Narrative Authenticity 176 22. ""Your father was a prick"": Psychoanalytical Readings 182 23. Unearned Emotion and the ""Plaintive Oboe:"" W.G. Snuffy Walden's Music to The West Wing 191 24. Society Must Be Defended: Poststructuralist Readings 197 Conclusion 205 Appendix A. Seasons 1–7: A Synopsis 211 Appendix B. Episodes 1–155: Broadcast Credits 215 Appendix C. Directors and Writers 224 Chapter Notes 227 Bibliography 261 Index 269"

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Patrick Webster is a musician, writer and university lecturer. A graduate and postgraduate of the University of Leeds, his previous writing includes work as diverse as: Stanley Kubrick and masculinity, ecology and dyslexia. He lives in Leeds, in the North of England.

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